final report on Diana's death on
Thursday.
*CG 2linel BBC Video
'How Diana Died-The Conspiracy Files' The report is expected to say the 1997
car crash was an accident, and that
there was no conspiracy.

However, investigators have turned
up some new evidence-- including the
fact that U-S intelligence was
listening to Diana's phone calls on the
night she died.

But at least one insider isn't
surprised.
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INQ=I think it's part of

*CG 2line Ken Wharfe
Diana's Former Bodyguard Ken Wharfe/Diana's Former Bodyguard: I
think it's part of 21st century
technology. It wasn't anywhere life-
threatening to Diana, and it wasn't the
searching of that information that
actually killed Diana. It was a drunken
driver and the incompetence of the
security provided by Mohamad al-Fayed

that was the real reason for this
accident.
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OQ=real reason for this accident.

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It's long been rumored that
Diana's work as an anti- land mine
campaigner put her under the C- I- A's
microscope.
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GRAPHIC=Christmas If you go to the Post Office today,

expect plenty of company.

The second Monday before Christmas
usually finds the biggest business and
longest lines of the year.

But the Post Office is making it easier
to handle some of your holiday needs if
you live in or near cities like
Roanoke.
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*CG locator Roanoke Co.
Yesterday On Sunday the main branch on
Rutherford and the Cave Spring Branch
on Postal Drive will open to help ease
the last minute shipping madness.

But it's not like Saturday hours. On
Sunday, it's only from one to five p.m.
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INQ=AT THIS TIME...

*CG 2line Richard Kassebaum
U.S Postal Service 00:01:22 "AT THIS TIME NOT A WHOLE LOT
OF PEOPLE KNOW WE'RE OPEN ON SUNDAYS.
WE CAN'T TELL IF IT'S GOING TO BE A
GOOD IDEA, BAD IDEA BE WE HAD TO GIVE
IT A SHOT." 00:01:28
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OQ=GIVE IT A SHOT. VO-NAT

One last thing...

If you plan to mail any packages
to the troops overseas, you have about
a week to do that in order for them to
arrive by Christmas.
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OQ=STD. << It has been a step in a new
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open up shop on Sunday.
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INQ= 51:17-:28

IT HAS IT'S UPS AND DOWNS. SOME DAYS
YOU WILL MAKE YOUR BOOTH FEE FOR THE
FARMER'S MARKET AND ENOUGH TO GET SOME
LUNCH AROUND HERE OR THEN OTHER DAYS
YOU WILL HAVE STELLAR DAYS.
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OQ= Adam says much of that

inconsistency comes as a result of the
weather and that many of his customers
are tourists.

nat sound break

But as for Calhoun and Kipp, he
has seen a slightly pace.

He remembers earlier attempts
made years ago to open on Sunday that
fell short of the demand, but this
time around he says it has added up in
a profitable way.
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YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SALES AND THAT'S
THE BOTTOM LINE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE
SAW. CERTAINLY, AN INCREASE IN FOOT
TRAFFIC PEOPLE COMING IN AND SEEING
WHAT WE HAVE BUT IT DID TRANSLATE INTO
INCREASED SALES
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AND WITH IT BEING THE HOLIDAY SEASON,
SOME BUSINESS ADD THAT IT HAS HELPED
BEING OPEN THAT EXTRA DAY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN FOOT TRAFFIC

OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE AREA TO FINISH
THEIR SHOPPING.
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INQ= 1:03:44-:55

I'M THRILLED OVER IT AND ITS ABOUT THE
ONLY DAY THAT I CAN GET OUT AND GO
SHOPPING. I MYSELF HAVE A BUSINESS IN
SALEM, LOT OF MY CUSTOMERS WORK ALL
DURING THE WEEK AND THIS IS ABOUT THE
ONLY TIME THAT THEY CAN GO SHOPPING.
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OQ= However, not all businesses have

followed suit and opened their doors on
Sunday.

Some owners point out that many
establishments are family owned and
need at least one day off.

Yet, they say downtown is slowly
starting to transform but because there
were years of no activity downtown that
that it will take time to reverse
trend. Aleesha Chaney, News 7,
Roanoke. >>
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Here's Jean Jadhon with some of this
past week's viewer comments.
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*CG locator Blacksburg
Monday
:05

*CG locator Pulaski

Thursday
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OQ=I'm Jean Jadhon <
(END SOT) been working on new ways to keep

pedestrians safe, but one Tech student
thinks it's often the pedestrians
themselves that are the danger.

"One thing I feel was not addressed
very well in the story was education of
the pedestrians," Hanna Mabe said.
"Multiple times I have been crossing
the street or driving on the street and
seen pedestrians walk into the road
without looking to see if any vehicles
are coming."

A new intermodal rail terminal may be
coming to the Roanoke Valley... and
while some residents would rather see
it move on down the line, a viewer from
the New River Valley hopes it stops
there.

Sue Tolley wrote "Hey, if Salem doesn't
want this business opportunity...
please ask that Pulaski County be

looked into! We are starving for jobs
out there and have I-81 running right
though us too."

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INQ=NATS MERRY CHISTMAS

NATS OF PARADE

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OQ=NAT

Our story on Pulaski's Christmas Parade
and efforts to keep the Ku Klux Klan
out of it got a lot of "bah humbugs,"
including one from the town manager.

"...your station chose to focus on an
incident that occurred in last years
parade in which the KKK was involved,"
wrote John Hawley. "While we were not
pleased with the situation, we
addressed the issue at that time.
Rather than allowing the activities of
this group to divide our community, we
took measures to ensure that this event
would not occur again. In the future,
we hope that Channel 7 will focus on
the positive strides our community has
made and continues to make, rather than

sensationalizing the past activities of
persons not affiliated with our Town."

If you have a comment about the news or
how we covered it let us know by
letter, email or phone. With News-7
Feedback, I'm Jean Jadhon..>>